Best of the Barbers: 14 Irish Grooming Rooms

We love to look after our female readers here at One Fab Day - from guest style to bridal beauty advice, we make sure to keep you updated on all that's new! - but we can't leave our male readers feeling unattended! So today, we've prepared something special just for the boys. Good grooming is as important now as it's ever been, judging by the handsome lads who've shared their real weddings with us, so if you're keen to look your best on your wedding day, or just hankering after a new look, you'll love this list of 14 of the Best Barbers and Grooming Rooms around Ireland.

1. The Butcher Barber

A small but mighty barber shop recently relocated to Dublin's Molesworth St., above hair salon Kazumi, The Butcher Barber is cooler than cool. Along with their barbering and hairdressing menu (of which stylish folk duo Hudson Taylor are fans!), they also offer manicures, pedicures, brow treatments and head massages.

2. The Edge

Located in the Eyre Square Centre in Galway, The Edge is a stylish and contemporary salon offering hair styling and hot towel shaves for a reasonable price. The icing on the cake is the luxurious products that they use - only the best for their customers!

3. Sam's Barbers

With five shops around the city, Sam's Barbers is a Dublin grooming institution. Run by fourth generation barbers Sam and James Donnelly, it's a brand that's steeped in history, but they're also doing a great job at keeping up with the times - they even have their own range of male grooming products, called Pomp and Co.!

4. Woxx Barbers

South William Street is where you'll find Woxx Barbers, an effortlessly hip spot specialising in sharp haircuts and hot towel shaves. In the busiest and most bustling part of the city, it offers a little slice of calm.

5. The Waldorf Barber Shop

Established in 1929, The Waldorf Barbers is as authentic as they come - walking into their Westmoreland St. shop is like stepping back in time! For classic haircuts and professional shaving, including hot-towel head massages, you can't go wrong with this recently-restored gem.

7. The Grooming Rooms

A boutique barber shop in the heart of Dublin city, The Grooming Rooms is probably the most luxurious spot on our list - don't be surprised if you walk away with some home decorating ideas! Their treatment menu includes facials, massages, manicures and pedicures, which is handy, because after your first visit, you'll take any excuse to return!

9. Sugar Daddy

Part of the Sugar Culture family, who are the force behind the popular Brown Sugar and Sugar Cubed salons on South William St., Sugar Daddy is a slick grooming destination with all the charm of a classic barber shop. Using cutting-edge techniques, their barbers deliver polished haircuts, shaves and trims every time, and for an extra couple of euro, they'll throw in a shoe shine!

10. Trench

A relatively new addition to the Dublin grooming scene, located in the super cool Smithfield area, Trench probably has the best playlists of any barber in the country, and their haircuts and beard trims are top notch too! Hosting regular fashion and lifestyle pop-ups, Trench is definitely a new twist on the traditional barber.

11. Cut & Sew

With three locations throughout Dublin, Cut & Sew is a barber shop with a devoted following - you'll easily spot their regular customers, as they'll probably be rocking a branded tee or hoody! Precision is the name of the game at each one of their barber shops so make sure to allow plenty of time for your cut.

12. Skinny Isaac's

With its checkerboard floor tiles, Skinny Issac's is clearly paying tribute to barbering tradition, but you'll see as many modern cuts as retro styles in this slick barber shop in Belfast's Botanic Quarter. The shop delivers all manners of cuts and shaves, accompanied by great music - they even host gigs from time to time!

13. The Cut Throat Barber Shop

With a shop in the heart of Galway city and further afield in Barna, the Cut Throat Barber Shop is a firm favourite among stylish gents based in the West of Ireland. For perfectly polished haircuts without that overly-styled look, this is a great choice.

14. The William Street Barber Shop

The prices at this Limerick city hotspot are hard to beat, especially since staff at the The William Street Barber Shop use only the finest grooming products on their customers! These guys have created just about every male hairstyle in the book during their four years in business, so you're in very safe hands when you walk through their doors.